as theresa may prepares to step down as prime minister, she tells the bbc of her pride and disappointment of serving in number ten. in an exclusive television interview, she says she underestimated parliament, and didn't regret calling the 2017 general election, where she lost her commons majority. but she says one of her biggest disappointments, is in not delivering brexit. i underestimated the unwillingness of some people in parliament to compromise. her interview comes ahead of the two men vying for herjob being grilled tonight by the bbc‘s andrew neil. also on the programme: a man is sentenced to life in prison

after repeatedly stabbing a 51—year—old father to death on a train in front of his 14—year—old son. recognise this lot? here come england... 16 nations, one trophy — the very best netball players are all in liverpool for the start of the world cup. yes, he can! and novak djokovic, the defending champion reaches his sixth wimbledon men's singles final, after a four—set win on centre court. coming up on bbc news. bott as laird hamilton, narrowly ahead of ferrari. —— bottas led hamilton.

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. in an exclusive broadcast interview at downing street, theresa may has told the bbc, she will leave herjob as prime minister in ten days‘ time, with a "mixture of pride and disappointment". she said she didn't "recognise herself", in the characterisation of critics, and admitted she'd "underestimated" parliament over brexit. she said it was "incredibly frustrating", not to have been able to get her brexit deal approved, but she was proud to have served, as prime minister. our political editor, laura kuenssberg is at westminster for us this evening. thank you. the last three years have been a time of extraordinary turmoil and political chaos. they have for theresa may been a time of extraordinarily —— extraordinary difficulty and disappointment. now was she ready to sit down about where things went wrong, her role in that, and her belief at how

parliament and mps‘ failure to compromise our what has stopped brexit happening. a rare glimpse and the private world of number ten. time now to reflect. three years almost exactly since... yes, hardly seems possible, time has flown by, but do have a seat. what's it like living above the shop? it's very convenient. but it's, you know, at any point in time you can obviously get a call, people can be bringing papers up to you. it's really, in a sense, a place of work. the red box is done in the evenings. it was here, of course, that i took the phone call about the terrible manchester terrorist attack. absolutely chilling when you get a call like that. they have been so many difficult moments. how did you manage to get through it all? —— there have been. to be honest, i

don't know, i guess it'sjust me. it's important, philip, my husband, is hugely important, the other thing is hugely important, the other thing is to keep a vision on what you are trying to get to and what you are trying to get to and what you are trying to get to and what you are trying to achieve. was there ever a moment when you sat here and said, i just wish it was over? there were moments when i sat here and i thought i wish we'd got brexit over the line. i felt at home here as prime minister. but it's not obviously the home philip and i built up together. and it is, as i've said, very much a place of work, but there are happy memories, because it is an immense privilege to be prime minister of the united kingdom. it is a huge honour, it has a huge responsibility. you are often accused by your opponents are being too buttoned up, too closed. this is a lwa ys too buttoned up, too closed. this is always a difficult question because i don't recognise myself in some of the descriptions people give of me.

nobody likes to have descriptions of them that they don't think are right. but that's what happens in politics, you know? what do you think you will feel when you leave this building for the last time as prime minister? i think it'll be a mixture of pride at having done the job, but also... a degree of disappointment, because there was more i wanted to do. full stout by bust ups in this cabinet room and outside over brexit. —— forced out. why do you think it didn't happen? parliament voted for giving people the choice. 80% of the people in the 2017 general election voted for parties who had said they would respect the referendum. what i had underestimated was that there were people in entrenched positions. 0n the one hand, some people who'd a lwa ys the one hand, some people who'd always campaigned for brexit but did not vote for the deal because they had a particular vision of brexit.

and they were sticking firmly to that vision. 0n the other side, people who said they did not want to leave with no deal, but were not prepared to vote for a deal. i underestimated the unwillingness of parts of some people in parliament to compromise. what about your own responsibility? what people say to me is on the one hand that i stuck too firmly to my red lines, and on the other hand people say, sometimes the other hand people say, sometimes the same people, said i gave up too much, i compromise too much, both of these cannot be true. do you think there is anything you got wrong? one can there is anything you got wrong? one ca n always there is anything you got wrong? one can always look back and say, if i'd sat down and talk to people more... i spent a lot of time talking to colleagues, trying to understand collea g u es colleagues, trying to understand colleagues exactly what it was that was creating a problem for them. on both sides it was incredibly frustrating. what i hope is that my successof 110w frustrating. what i hope is that my successof now has frustrating. what i hope is that my successor now has the job of bringing a majority together in parliament. your colleagues who you

sat with around this table, a lot of them were quite fond of saying what they thought, which wasn't exactly they thought, which wasn't exactly the same always as what you thought. you must have been furious at the number of leaks you must have been furious at the number of lea ks that you must have been furious at the number of leaks that came out of this cabinet. every decision, every position the government took was a collective, agreed position. agreed by cabinet. but it must have driven you mad, surely. good government, good cabinet government depends on collective responsibility. but i think once we have left the eu we can get the government forward, over that brexit issue, collective responsibility there needs to return. you lost your majority in 2017. do you now regret calling that election? can you say that?” 2017. do you now regret calling that election? can you say that? i don't regret calling the election. i regret calling the election. i regret running a campaign that wasn't really me. there were other things i probably come actually, should have done, like the tv debates. i remember you said so

clearly in your campaign, i'm theresa may and i'm the best person to be prime minister, do you still feel that was the case? —— i probably, actually. i do believe i was the right person to take this on and to take the conservative party. i'm proud of the fact that our balanced approach to the economy means we see employment at record levels. we'll be injecting that extra £20 billion into the nhs. we are building more homes for people. but i'm also proud of giving a voice to the voiceless, of championing some causes that otherwise would be unfashionable. what do you miss? i miss the opportunity to say thank you to people for what they are doing for this country. you know, i hope whoever people are, whether they voted for the conservative party, orfor other they voted for the conservative party, or for other parties, they voted for the conservative party, orfor other parties, or whether they have... whether they we re whether they have... whether they were levers, remainers, i hope they will feel that in everything i have

done i've always done what i believed to be in the national interest. —— whether they were leavers. her picture will sing the on the wall of the famous staircase. what you hope people will of you in the future amongst all of these other prime ministers? first, that people will recognise the second female prime minister. and i actually hope in years to come there will be more women on the wall as prime minister. not the next time. and so much of what theresa may hope for is unresolved. she departs a prime minister who ultimately failed, but a prime minister who ultimately failed, buta prime prime minister who ultimately failed, but a prime minister who tried. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. the two men hoping to succeed theresa may as tory leader and prime minister, borisjohnson and jeremy hunt, have been cross—examined in interviews by andrew neil, for a special bbc one programme tonight. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. they came expecting to be tested and they were.

jeremy hunt first. he's saying brexit may take a little bit longer than october the 31st to deliver, but how long? days? months? maybe longer, it turned out, than he'd like. is it on or around the 31st, it has to be before christmas. i would expect 50, yes. expect so? but you cannot say for sure, is there any chance we could still go into 2020 and still be a member of the eu? i don't believe so, no. but you won't rule it out? i don't believe that will be the case, because... well, this is why people don't really trust you on this. what people get with me is a prime minister who will get them out of the eu more quickly. why? parliament could block brexit with no deal. an election, the only way to break the deadlock. who is the prime minister who is most likely to get us out of the eu quickly. and my worry is, if people vote with their hearts, perhaps, instead of their heads, we will end up with a general election before we get to brexit. over to the front runner,

borisjohnson and his brexit pledge. out on time, do or die. but what if a deal was within reach? nobody believes you would walk away in the circumstances. be honest with the british people. no, i think it's very, very important that we get ready to leave on october the 315t... come what may. mrjohnson‘s not always been easy to pin down, though that was clearly the plan today. no, no, no. no? you will follow the questions i want to ask. all right. not the ones you want to be asked. and the latest row, had he helped drive out britain's us ambassador by failing to back him on tv after he fell out with donald trump? he said that what... somebody had relayed to him, had certainly played, would have been a factor in his resignation. so what, your lack of support for him... was a factor in his resignation. i think that, unfortunately, what, what i said on that tv debate was misrepresented to kim. will you be as craven if you were prime minister?

i've been... you mean towards, towards the united states of america, craven? towards anybody who is... come on, don't be ridiculous! if i may say so. he's still the favourite, but in ten days we'll know his answers will shape britain's future. —— he's still the favourite, but in ten days we'll know whose answers will shape britain's future. john pienaar, bbc news. and you can watch the andrew neil interviews: jeremy hunt and borisjohnson at seven o'clock tonight on bbc one, the bbc news channel and later on the bbc iplayer. british warship the hms duncan is being moved to the gulf amid rising tensions with iran. it comes after iranian vessels this week attempted to impede a british oil tanker in the region. route to the gulf. a man who stabbed a passenger to death in a row on a train has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life. lee pomeroy was travelling with his 14—year—old son when he was stabbed 18 times

by darren pencille on the guildford to london service injanuary. the jury at the old bailey rejected pencille's claim that he was acting in self defence, and his girlfriend was also found guilty of helping him hide from police. 0ur correspondent richard galpin reports from the old bailey. it should have been a fun trip together on the train. a father, lee pomeroy, and his young son heading to london. but also on board was darren pencille, who had previously been convicted for stabbing a man in the neck. cctv footage shows pencille and mr pomeroy arguing because the aisle was blocked — it escalated rapidly. you bleep heard what i said! put your hands on me, i dare you, i dare you! mr pomeroy, who allegedly had a reputation for starting fights, pursued pencille into the next carriage. pencille was then overheard saying he was going to "kill that man" and seconds later stabbed mr pomeroy 18 times.

bleeding profusely, mr pomeroy collapsed. pencille got off the train. from clandon station, he headed here into the fields. but he was soon spotted by a local resident here, who said he looked distressed and that he was sweating. she asked him if he was 0k, and he said he'd been in an accident. but later in the woodland here, she found a bloodstained hat and called the police. but pencille was already being driven back by his girlfriend, chelsea mitchell, to herflat in farnham, which the following morning was raided by the police. stand still! do not look at me, stand still! both were arrested. today, pencille was sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison. chelsea mitchell was sentenced to 28 months for assisting an offender. after sentencing the police gave a

statement with the victim's wife standing alongside. it was solely the actions of a murderer who, when challenged, could only respond with vicious threats and arm himself with that knife, which led to the death of mr lee pomeroy. the court heard that pencille, a paranoid schizophrenic, had panic attacks in public places such as trains. but the day before the killing, a psychiatrist assessed him, concluding he was not a risk to himself or others. just 2a hours later, darren pencille committed murder. our family has been destroyed by this. if this can happen to a law—abiding 51—year—old man just going about his business on a train in the middle of the day, this terrifies me. summing up today, thejudge summing up today, the judge said, truly, this was a senseless loss of life. richard galpin, bbc news. it isa life. richard galpin, bbc news. it is a quarter past six, our top story

this evening: as theresa may prepares to leave downing street, she tells the bbc she will step down as prime minister with a mixture of pride and disappointment. coming up, iam in pride and disappointment. coming up, i am in liverpool, where the netball world cup has begun, and england are hoping to win it for the first time. and coming up on bbc news, the defending champion, novak djkovic, is into sunday's men's singles final, but will it be roger federer or rafa nadaljoining him there? it was a shocking case of online grooming that led to murder. breck bednar from surrey was 1a when he was lured to his death five years ago by an 18—year—old, lewis daynes, after they met online while gaming. well, now a new play called game over, based on the tragedy, gets its premiere tonight, commissioned by a secondary school in hertfordshire. funded with national lottery money, it's attracting worldwide attention and could become a set drama text for schools.

0ur education editor, branwen jeffreys, has been to rehearsals. hi there. i need police and a forensic team to my address, please. what happened? my friend and i got into an altercation, and i'm the only one who came out alive. breck bednar was murdered in 2014 by someone he thought was a friend. my name is lewis daynes, and i'm 18 years old. lewis daynes is now serving a life sentence for murder. the story of how breck was groomed online retold in a play. you're so busy. you're always online with my son! playing lewis, you can see how he manipulated and tangled breck, because he was very sophisticated, very clever, and kind of just got him into his grasp. lewis says, i'm clever and i could go places — why are you holding me back? so what's the impact of performing a story so close to their own lives? we spend so much time on our phones,

and because there's someone that's disconnected from, like, our real—life group of people, you feel like, "oh, i can tell them stuff, because it's not like i'm ever going to actually see them." do you worry about younger children? because people are going online at a younger age. it's made me very aware of my sister. i've become much more, like, protective over what she's doing online, because she and her friends like to talk with random people on these forums online. if your mum, for instance, is saying, "i don't really like this, maybe you should step away," to try and listen to the people in your real life, rather than listen to, you know, someone over a screen. he was gradually isolating breck. the play uses the words of friends and family, watching as, through gaming, breck was drawn into lewis's influence. it's so extreme, what happened, but the reality of what his mum, what breck‘s mum tried to do,

and she did everything, so it just hurts. watching the final rehearsals — for breck‘s mum, a bittersweet legacy of different memories. we didn't have that real—life story to learn by, so as it is, i think it's really important, that i do need to carve out time to try to remember the good things about breck, because he was a really special kid. the play, published in september, will live on in other school productions. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. the travel company thomas cook is in talks about a possible £750 million rescue deal that would hand control of its package holiday business to a chinese investor. shares in the company have fallen more than 45% on the news, but the firm insists customers have no cause for concern. thomas cook employs 9,000 people in the uk.

a boy has been cleared of murdering a fellow pupil with a flick knife. yousef makki was attacked in hale barns in cheshire. the defendant, who can't be named because of his age, admitted possession of a flick knife. another boy admitted the same charge. both will be sentenced later. donald trump has today publicly complimented the uk's outgoing ambassador to washington just days after describing him as "a very stupid guy". that comment on twitter followed the leak of emails in which sir kim darroch was highly critical of the president and his administration. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant is at the white house. nick, why the change of heart from the president? rather than kicking sir kim darroch while he was down, donald trump giving him a gentle tap on the back as he was languishing on the floor. donald trump had been reminded of some of the complimentary things that kim darroch had said about him, likening him to arnold schwarzenegger in the

terminator, implying that he was politically indestructible and that you could not rule out for a second term the white house. it begs the question, could sir kim have weathered the storm? certainly, donald trump tried to make his position untenable by making that building behind me, the white house, a no—go zone for him, but another factor was borisjohnson‘s refusal to back sir kim darroch in a televised debate withjeremy hunt on tuesday night. it wasn't the tipping point, iam tuesday night. it wasn't the tipping point, i am told, but it was absolutely a factor. so code things have turned out differently? if boris had backed our man? ok, nick, thank you, nick bryant in washington, thanks, nick. it's a bumper weekend of sport including the wimbledon finals, the cricket world cup final and the netball world cup, which kicked off today. first this evening, andy swiss reports on a thrilling day's action in the men's semifinals at wimbledon. it is surely the game's most glittering rivalry — 15 years after they first played

each other, 11 years after their epic wimbledon final, time once again for roger against rafa. you could hear the anticipation. remarkably, roger federer and rafael nadal haven't met here since. and what followed was predictably tantalising. he might now be 37, but federer‘s guile and grace seem utterly timeless. while nadal was also scaling the heights of his skills. he has not made that! it was magical, mesmeric stuff. almost inevitably, the first set went to a tie—break and, thrillingly, it went to federer. a long way to go, but it's living up to its billing. earlier, champion novak djokovic had faced the most surprising of challenges — roberto bautista agut was meant to be on his stag do in ibiza today, and for the first set probably wished he still was.

oh, that's fantastic! but who needs a beach party when you've got centre court? brilliantly, bautista agut levelled it up. but any hopes of a shock were soon dashed, djokovic roaring to victory and into another final. it's a dream come true, you know, regardless of the history and the many finals that i played in grand slams, playing finals at wimbledon is something different. but guess what — britain has a champion here. andy lapthorne winning his wheelchair doubles with australia's dylan alcott. tomorrow, they'll face each other in the singles final, but for today at least there is dual delight. well, the very latest, i can tell you, on that match between roger federer and rafael nadal is that rafael nadal has won the second set

6-1, rafael nadal has won the second set 6—1, so it is now one set all. remember, the winner will face novak djokovic in the final, and tomorrow, of course, it is the women's final, serena williams against simona halep, so it should be some weekend, clive. indeed, andy swiss at wimbledon, thanks, andy. it's been a summer of world cup tournaments, with netball now centre stage in liverpool. scotland, northern ireland, and the commonwealth champions, england, are all hoping to stop australia winning their fourth consecutive world title. 0ur sports correspondent, natalie pirks, is on merseyside for us this evening. natalie. well, clive, the cricketers might have been vanquished, but in netball australia are utterly dominant, having won all but three of the world cup stating back to 1963, but they have finally got some competition this time around, england are the favourites, they get under way against uganda in just a bit, hoping to capitalise on what

has been a british success story this summer in terms of women's sport. 16 nations, one prize — on netball‘s biggest stage, one country has always dominated, but in liverpool fans hope the wheel of fortune is turning in a different direction. to take gold...! england have done it! commonwealth gold in australia's own backyard last year made england's roses believe they could win the world cup for the first time and de—throne the aussie diamonds in the process. they're world number one. it's notjust because i used to play forthem, obviously there is... it's like when you play your best friend or a close friend, you want to own them so you have bragging rights. the accent is confusing — chelsea pitman actually won the world cup with australia before switching allegiances to england, the birth country of her father. she is one of 12 roses hoping to bring netball fever to the masses. but it's going to be tough. it's a group phase system, england have the tougher side

of the draw and will have to play both south africa and the second ranked team in the world, jamaica, if they're to even reach the semis. well, one england team, of course, got that far this summer, coached by phil neville — his sister tracey leads england's netballers. she's leaving after this world cup to start a family, but she believes her departure comes at the perfect time. if someone said to me, what would be your ideal scenario to win a gold medal? you think, i want the whole stadium full of red and white, but more importantly i want to do this with the team, and i think that at the moment i feel that we've got a massive tick box on all them characteristics of being able to come out of his tournament with a win. these athletes now have a major platform to build a legacy for the sport. england's captain is relishing the opportunity. to be able to lift the world cup on home soil, in front of friends and family, supporters, young boys, young girls, just everyone who has followed us on this journey up until this point, would just be monumental. this morning, australia began as they mean to go on, thrashing northern ireland 88—21! —

a reminder, if england needed one, that diamonds thrive under pressure. natalie pirks, bbc news, liverpool. at least they don't have to worry about the weather this weekend, they are indoors, but it is going to be nice, ben? for outdoor sport it should not be too bad, the weather looking pretty decent, relatively cool and fresh, nothing too hot, and for most a fair amount of dry weather because this area of high pressure which, as the weekend wears on, will become increasingly well established, the showers of the last few days will be squashed away, so most places will be fine and dry. there will be some spells of sunshine, large areas of cloud at times, still one or two pesky showers around at the moment. through this evening, some continuing through southern scotland, the pennines, the east midlands and the south—east, fading away by the end of the night to lead

clear spells, large slabs of cloud floating across the sky, and a little fresher than the last few nights for some of us, now is 12—15 degrees. tomorrow may start with large amounts of cloud, but breaking up, and through the day we will see spells of sunshine. 0ne up, and through the day we will see spells of sunshine. one or two showers across northern scotland, the sun breaking out across eastern scotland, the pennines, the midlands, some heavy showers into the afternoon, but the vast majority avoiding those and staying dry. temperatures generally 21—23 degrees, cooler for temperatures generally 21—23 degrees, coolerfor north temperatures generally 21—23 degrees, cooler for north sea coasts with the breeze from the sea. similaron with the breeze from the sea. similar on sunday, a lot of dry weather around, high pressure in charge by the stage, not too many showers at all. there was temperatures down on where they have been, 23 degrees in cardiff, still cooler for the north sea coast, been, 23 degrees in cardiff, still coolerfor the north sea coast, dry at wimbledon on sunday, and at lord's, the big cricket match, the cricket world cup final, a fair amount of cloud in the skies, some

sunshine, temperature is pretty co mforta ble. sunshine, temperature is pretty comfortable. monday is a fine day, dry for most on tuesday, deeper into next week turning more unsettled, but for the time being not a bad weekend. live. nice, 0k, ben, thanks, ben rich there. i will be back with the news at ten, but for now, let's join the news tea m at ten, but for now, let's join the news team is where you are.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the two men battling to win the tory leadership contest face questioning — borisjohnson admits his comments could have played a part in the uk ambassador‘s resignation did it play a factor in his resignation? he said that what somebody had relayed to him had